The work which is now called A Seth Eastman Sketchbookmight not have been published had it not been for the interestand work of San Antonio historian Paul Adams. It has beenthrough his efforts that one can now enjoy this wonderful col-lection of sketches made more than one-hundred years ago.FRITZ TOEPPERWEINTerry's Rangers. By C. C. Jeffries. New York (Vantage Press, Inc.),1961. Pp. x+139. Appendix. $2.75-This is a small book, as the number of pages go, but one writtenwith understanding by an admittedly prejudiced Texian aboutsome men he may have known personally in their later years, aswell as others he knew about from hearsay and research. It is abook that needed to be written before the last of the author'sgeneration passed on and beyond the ken of the men whose liveshe wrote about. Jeffries has done a good job, on a subject asdifficult to write about as the times in which Terry's Texas Rangerslived, rode, fought, and came home to try to rebuild a civilian lifewhich had been interrupted when they were youths.The story is about the handful of Texians (a more historicspelling than Texans) who fought from home to Georgia andback for the cause of the South, never surrendering, even at theclose of the war. They were highly individualistic cavalrymen whogenerally provided their own mounts and arms, fought in prettymuch their own youthful way, and took orders from a few officersof their own choosing; but they left an indelible record whenevertheir unit was in combat.Jefiries tries to be objective, but the pride of being of the samestock as those men in the armies of the South, seeps through fromtime to time even as he tells the dry facts about the many engage-ments of those hard-riding, hard-fighting sons of the pioneers.This is a book to be enjoyed for its story, not for its fineness ofwriting. Actually, it is crudely put together in places and thereare typographical errors. The raw feeling of participation withthose young men in the narrow theatres of their war experiencesmust belong to the reader. If he has a feeling for young men who"like a fight," this little book will hold his interest.JAMES L. LEE